My driveway maples

[NS Gearhead]

When we bought our house lot... oh back around 2007ish... the first part of the driveway was in... but very steep on the sides and made the otherwise forested lot seem very bare where it was. So, I decided to plant some trees on the sides. I've always liked maples, and love that they grow quite quickly... so it began. I gathered a couple and raised them in pots on the deck of our starter home for a year. Then transplanted.

One shovel length from the tire, and 15 steps between each. LOL






So, I think I planted in pots and transplanted for three years... some would die, some got eaten... I'd just replace as needed. I'm up to 19. The plan is that once they're big to trim them into a tunnel above the driveway.

Fast forward to present day


One grew randomly by the cul-de-sac but is very much well spaced with mine, and doing very well.


They tend to take turns growing alot. This is my superstar this year. Probably grew 10" so far.


I just put the mulch on yesterday... that's why I took the pics and thought to post. I also put a red solo cup of 10-10-10 each under the mulch. We'll see what that does. Slow but sure. Probably half of them are 6' tall now.

 

[NS Gearhead]

They may be spaced too close together... but if it comes to it I could cut every other to give some room.

 

[CameronP]

Make sure to keep all that mulch clear of the root flare.

 

[NS Gearhead]

What's a "root flare"? Base of the tree?

 

[CameronP]

What's a "root flare"? Base of the tree?

You got it, where the trunk flares outward and the root system begins.

https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-FAQ-18-W.pdf

 

[8N Ren]

They look good NS. You certainly get a sense of pride watching them grow don't you, I know the Wife and I do. We planted around 250 trees, most of which have taken.

 

[oosik]

Nice, VERY nice. I know how much work keeping transplanted trees alive & growing can be.

 

[NS Gearhead]

You got it guys. I'm constantly trimming the grass... pruning them... fertilizing... when they were younger I made a 45gal poly tank into a "tanker" so I could bring them water in the summer. They'd get a watering can each every other day unless it rained... I have put alot of effort into them. It's very rewarding to see them grow. Yup, I'm a proud tree farmer. Everything around here is rock... so this is all the gardening I get for now.

 

[NS Gearhead]

Had to dig deep in my Photobucket account... but found these;

 

[farmer2009]

Looks good. We are adding 5 maples to the yard this year for future shade trees. Been in house 5 years with no shade finally got tired of it. Chose maples because they grow faster than some other trees.